On the plus side, we’re hearing that Samsung’s flexible AMOLED technology has been delayed till early 2013ish - at the earliest. Yay!

That’s the story according to Korea’s DDaily, relayed by the crazy – and mostly bearded – folks at Unwired View.

A translation by Chrome tells me: “production of a full-fledged introduction was pushed back even when difficult to process normal yield”.

It’s suggested that Samsung might be able to start mass-producing flexible displays in early 2013, if it can overcome those low-yield manufacturing problems.

Early 2013, you say? Could that mean a flexible Samsung Galaxy S IV? Almost certainly not. We don’t expect to see the nascent technology in a flagship, and we’re struggling to see it positioned as anything more than a stoopid gimmick.

Let’s hope Nokia faces similar problems with its bendy phone nonsense. It demoed the Nokia Kinetic Device around a year ago.

On a similar note I noticed recently that Samsungs Note 2 has a "dual screen" function where two apps can be opened and used at the same time..... why did Sony have so much trouble doing this simple task with the Sony P? Its a shame such an interesting design idea (and the future of tablets IMO when flexable screens take off) is consigned to the bargain bin at PC World for £120 a pop